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<h1>Re: 16 bit images</h1>
<b>Oliver Rauch</b> (<a href="mailto:oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE"><i>oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE</i></a>)<br>
<i>Tue, 19 Oct 1999 00:25:15 +0200</i>
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Robert Schwebel wrote:<br>
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<i>&gt; Hi!</i><br>
<i>&gt;</i><br>
<i>&gt; Could anyone point out to me what the result of the 16 bit per pixel</i><br>
<i>&gt; discussion was? I find the discussion in my mail archive but not the</i><br>
<i>&gt; conclusion ;-) Did you agree on a possibility for the frontend to find</i><br>
<i>&gt; out about the original bit depth?</i><br>
<i>&gt;</i><br>
<i>&gt; It seems to me that all backends available today have problems with 16</i><br>
<i>&gt; bit gray images as they report that this was not a supported depth. I</i><br>
<i>&gt; looked into some of the sources and it seems that 16 bit is treated as</i><br>
<i>&gt; "unknown" at least in scanimage and xsane(0.39). Any idea for a quick</i><br>
<i>&gt; fix (for the software or my brain) ;-) ?</i><br>
<i>&gt;</i><br>
<i>&gt;</i><br>
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Hi Robert,<br>
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xsane should work with color and grayscale images with 16 bits/pixel.<br>
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Bye<br>
Oliver<br>
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